Size: 3.5-8.5 in.
ID: Black bar behind head
Class: Actinopterygii / Ray-finned
fishes
Order: Beryciformes / Beryciforms
Family: Holocentridae / Squirrelfishes
(Soldierfishes)
Genus Species: Myripristis jacobus
/ Blackbar Soldierfish
Habitat: dark recesses and caves
Typical food: small fish and invertebrates
Other information: night feeder; often swim upside-down
under cave ceilings;
emit rapidly repeating pulses of sound
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